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An artist’s cross-section of Lake Vostok, the largest known subglacial lake in Antarctica. Liquid water is thought to take thousands of years to pass through the lake, which is the size of North America’s Lake Ontario / wikimedia

Scientists have drilled through the massive layer of ice covering Greater Antarctica, and made it all the way down to Lake Vostok, an ancient lake unknown to modern man. There may be many surprises yet to come…Continue reading →